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Such Shakespeare Stuff
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Watching for Shakespeare references all around us in books, movies, television shows, the daily news... Discussion of interesting questions, favorite interpretations, and so on.
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Shakespeare Had No Blackberry
I’m not going to bother linking the story that I saw, as I don’t think they care enough about Shakespeare to take their passing (albeit, titular) reference to Shakespeare any further (farther?) But you may see it floating around. It’s from a...
1795 Book Value?
Got a request from a reader how she might go about finding the value of a very old book: The book is "The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare" First American Edition Vol. III. It is printed and sold by Bioren & Madan in MDCCXCV. ...
McSweeney’s Is At It Again!
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/11/6hilsabeck.html McSweeney’s was all over the map a few months ago with their Hamlet on Facebook, and now they’re at it again. This time it’s the Shakespeare Police Blotter, and covers a number of favorites: ...
Hamlet is 16. Discuss.
In my head, the words and works of Shakespeare are … how can I explain this …. they exist outside of time. They are timeless, and I mean that in all senses of the word. I could not tell you off the top of my head whether Merchant of Venice is...
Shakespeare Tarot
http://arcanalogue.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-cynthia-von-buhler.html Have you ever seen the Shakespeare Oracle deck of Tarot cards? It’s really quite beautiful, and I kick myself that I did not buy when I had the chance. Whenever I stumbl...
Yes, But Shakespeare Tastes Like Book
My family is going through the classic Muppet Show (via Netflix) one episode disc at a time, and tonight we got to see Season 1, Episode 1 – the very first Muppet Show. They often did a “ballroom” segment, where various couples danced and told...
